Mets Ninth Inning One for the Books
And what a ninth inning it was! Down 2-1 on the road facing perhaps the best closer in baseball for a team that hasn't seen a clutch hit since the Bush administration. But the Mets actually pulled this one out of a hat due to Omir Santo's controversial home run with 2 outs in the ninth.
Santo's drive was originally ruled a double, but after video review of the play, it was clear the ball hit above the homerun line and was ruled a dinger by the umpiring crew. Gary Sheffield started the top half of the inning by walking against the mighty Jonathan Papelbon. After David Wright and Jeremy Reed both struck out, Santos came up and smoked the first pitch he saw to give the Mets a 3-2 lead. Before his dinger, no one had even hit a ball Papelbon threw - Sheffield, Wright, Reed... not even a foulball! So Santos shot was truely an accomplishment.
But things got even more interesting in the bottom of the inning when the Mets flashed some nice glovework for a change. With J.J. Putz looking to save the game (it was later learned that KRod was unavailable due to back spasms - and we have our fingers crossed on that one), David Wright made a phenomenal grab of a grounder hit by Jason Bay. However, Wright's throw to second was WAY off the mark (shades of Jeremy Reed in Los Angeles), but somehow not only was Luis Castillo able to catch the throw on the short hop, but he also kept his foot on the bag at second to force out Boston's Kevin Youkilis at second.
Just an amazing play by Castillo (and an equally amazing grab by Wright on the grounder). The next batter, J.D. Drew, smoked a liner to right that looked like it was going to be a homerun when he hit it, but somehow didn't travel nearly as well as it seemed to be hit for out number 2. Finally, Mike Lowell hit a hard liner to short that Ramon Martinez of all people was able to snare and throw out the turtle-like Lowell to end the game.
Pelfrey pitched well after a shaky first inning, Pedro Feliciano (1-1) got the win, and Putz saved it, his second. Nothing like a win snatched from the jaws of defeat - that's something we haven't seen a lot of.
After yesterday's comeback, do we dare dream of a sweep tomorrow?
Santo's drive was originally ruled a double, but after video review of the play, it was clear the ball hit above the homerun line and was ruled a dinger by the umpiring crew. Gary Sheffield started the top half of the inning by walking against the mighty Jonathan Papelbon. After David Wright and Jeremy Reed both struck out, Santos came up and smoked the first pitch he saw to give the Mets a 3-2 lead. Before his dinger, no one had even hit a ball Papelbon threw - Sheffield, Wright, Reed... not even a foulball! So Santos shot was truely an accomplishment.But things got even more interesting in the bottom of the inning when the Mets flashed some nice glovework for a change. With J.J. Putz looking to save the game (it was later learned that KRod was unavailable due to back spasms - and we have our fingers crossed on that one), David Wright made a phenomenal grab of a grounder hit by Jason Bay. However, Wright's throw to second was WAY off the mark (shades of Jeremy Reed in Los Angeles), but somehow not only was Luis Castillo able to catch the throw on the short hop, but he also kept his foot on the bag at second to force out Boston's Kevin Youkilis at second.
Just an amazing play by Castillo (and an equally amazing grab by Wright on the grounder). The next batter, J.D. Drew, smoked a liner to right that looked like it was going to be a homerun when he hit it, but somehow didn't travel nearly as well as it seemed to be hit for out number 2. Finally, Mike Lowell hit a hard liner to short that Ramon Martinez of all people was able to snare and throw out the turtle-like Lowell to end the game.
Pelfrey pitched well after a shaky first inning, Pedro Feliciano (1-1) got the win, and Putz saved it, his second. Nothing like a win snatched from the jaws of defeat - that's something we haven't seen a lot of.
After yesterday's comeback, do we dare dream of a sweep tomorrow?
posted by Mets Fan Club @ 3:36 PM
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